Blasted treehugers !
Rob Layton

If anyone needed their ears washing out it must be the good Old Labour Party, but we all know that they have selective hearing, they can hear alright when it suits them.

They listen when the fems tell them what to do, they go off like good little boys, to do as they are told.
What a sad bunch off losers they look to so many people.
I visualise most of them as frizzy haired, ear ringed, treehugers, who are to busy minding other peoples business to see the mess they have got us all into, and that's just the men.

What happened to their principles ?
So much for all the socialist rhetoric they used to spout at the conferences, it would be totally laughable if it wasn't such a sell out of everything that the Labour Party once held dear.

Better to lose elections: than your principles I say.

It wont sink in that the smoke ban has hurt them more than they dare admit, but pride wont win Labour the next election.
Yet another massive defeat at another by-election, resignations, and mutterings in the corridors of power and despite all the protests they still refuse to listen to a majority of people in this country that want a fairer way of implementing an anti smoking policy.

The smoke ban has become more than a fight for the nations health,
despite all the misinformation being put out about the numbers of people quiting smoking, people are incensed at the high handed attitude of these people who think they know what is best for us.
This has always been a battle about the freedom of our rights, and it will not go away !

This is not just a battle about a few people smoking, its far more than that, its an assault on the freedoms that people should have in this country of ours.
It starts with one freedom being taken away: and others start going as well.
You may not care about my rights, but you must care about yours.

Mr Brown can reinstate the 10p tax rate, do away with congestion charging, do a u turn on the new car taxes, even finish the war in Iraq but he will still be hurt, by the people that he has hurt.
This Labour regime will be seen in history as one of the hardest and vicious Governments of the twenty first century.
The people of this country will go out of their way to punish the erosion of civil rights that are disappearing every day.

In some ways I hope they don't listen to us about the smoke ban, as I for one enjoy watching their stunned look as they listen to the returning officer read the results, and tell them that they lost their seat.
That 'Deer in the headlights look' is worth all the dreary nights at home that we have had since this shower took away our rights.
Good riddance to em !

Rob Layton.

By Sky News
SkyNews - Friday, June 27 09:50 amPubs are closing down at their fastest rate ever - with those in towns and cities being hit the hardest.

Some 2 % of all city pubs have closed in the last six months, whilst food-led country pubs with outdoor facilities for smokers are reaping the benefits.

The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) believe the increase in pub closures to 30 a week - nearly four every day - comes down to a number of factors.

BBPA says these include the smoking ban, the economic credit crunch, increased beer prices and temperamental weather conditions.

According to a survey carried out by the association, 1,409 pubs closed during 2007, a sharp increase on previous years.

Pub numbers were down 216 in 2006 after a fall of 102 in 2005.

Rob Hayward, Chief Executive of the BBPA, said: "These figures show the stark reality of the pub trade today, in contrast to the hype surrounding the myth of '24-hour drinking' and extended pub opening hours.

"Pub closures at this rate are threatening an important hub of our social fabric and community history. What we need to stop the decline is support from Government and the general public."

BBPA spokesman Gareth Barrett said: "Obviously the rate is high at the moment but we are optimistic about the future.

"It does take time to get new customers in. We hope to see stabilisation and expansion within the next few years."

Research commissioned by the Publican revealed to Sky News online that more than half of licenses have seen trade drop since the smoking ban in England was introduced.

However, the credit crunch, not the smoking ban, was pinpointed as the primary reason for such a bleak year for many pubs.

The survey of a cross-section of 1,500 publicans, by market research firm CGA, found 52 % reporting a fall in business, while 38 % said sales were the same.

Only 10% said business was up.